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Veteran prepped for surgery stopped from having operation
Despite recent improvements to veterans' health care, those who served our country still have to navigate red tape and referrals for care outside the VA. This is one veteran's story of how his surgery came to a screeching halt while he was in the process of being prepped for the operating room.
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Daily availability to each veteran.
At this time, only available to veteran’s who live in Colorado, Texas, Florida, Washington, Iowa, S.Dakota, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii. Email for more info and pricing: Info@VeteransPsychEvaluations.com
Yes, you can sue the VA for medical malpractice.
Garbage Burn Pits From Iraq Are Causing Lung Disease in Vets
Veterans return home with lung disease at higher rates than civilians.
But they’re having a tougher time getting recognized
and compensated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Employee found dead inside Topeka VA Medical Center office
The employee died of an apparent suicide.
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Where do I go to look for servicemembers who have had similar diseases?
When I am reevaluated for disability percentage of prostate cancer, what should I expect?
I am worried about my future exam because I'm not seeing the VA for my mental health issues, should I be concerned?
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visit VA often enough
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Jim...This is what VA has been implementing in fact for the last six+ months. The proposal clearly lays out that certain previous programs didn’t work, including the Expedited Claims Adjudication Initiative that dated back to 2009.
As to this program, well it will remain to be seen if it meets that goals that VA projected of 125 days for local appeals and one year for BVA appeals. I am skeptical, given the acknowledged backlog today in excess of three hundred thousand pending appeals. BVA worked off 50,000 appeals last year, but had 60,000 come in the door; I looked at the latest Monday Morning Workload Report from VBA and it showed some 238,130 appeals pending under VBA control. Readers should note that with publication of the Proposed Rule, anyone is entitled to comment to VA as to their proposal.
/s/ Drew
Largest Federal Employee Union Files Grievance Against VA
The American Federation of Government Employees on Wednesday filed an
internal grievance with the Veterans Affairs Department alleging
“numerous unfair labor practices” related to the department’s
implementation of a series of controversial workforce executive orders.
Has Your Claim Been Denied?
Do you need an IMO or a DBQ?
You'll need to speak with an expert physician and then a veterans law attorney. Why not speak
with both at the same time? Dr. Anaise is a physician, surgeon and veterans law attorney.
Dr. Anaise has been providing military veterans with disability benefits help for many years.
Speak with him today...it won't cost anything but a little of your time.
Home-health provider cuts off services
to veterans when the VA fails to pay its bills
Homebound with diabetes, heart disease, and other ailments, the 68-year-old Army veteran
finally found a lifeline three months ago from a private home health provider
recommended by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Suddenly, he could go
to doctor’s appointments, shopping, and routine outings like a haircut. Then on Friday,
the veteran was on his own again. The health care provider discontinued its services for
Ron and 15 other New Hampshire veterans who are housebound or
cannot venture outside without assistance. The reason? The VA had failed
to pay nearly $60,000 in bills dating to late last year, according to
Janet and Rich Sullivan, the providers and co-owners of Right at Home.
What Is a Fully Developed Claim?
The Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program is an optional initiative that offers Veterans and survivors faster decisions from VA on compensation, pension, and survivor benefit claims.
Veterans and survivors simply submit all relevant records in their possession, and those records which are easily obtainable, such as private medical records, at the time they make their claim and certify that they have no further evidence to submit. VA can then review and process the claim more quickly.
Identity, experiences, activities and involvement
Gun owners are divided when it comes to how important owning a gun is to their overall identity.
One-in-four say it is very important, while the rest view this as somewhat important or not
important. Those who say being a gun owner is very important to their identity are
nearly unanimous in their belief that the right to own a gun is essential to their
personal freedom. Many, but not all, gun owners exist in a social context where gun ownership
is the norm. Roughly half of all gun owners say that all or most of their friends own guns.
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The Shocking Health Effects Of
Agent Orange
Now A Legacy Of Military Death
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VA Disability - When the initial decision finds no "nexus"
What is the "nexus" and why is it important?
From the Desk of Drew Early, Veterans Law Attorney
Golden v. Shulkin, No. 16-1208(CAVC, February 23, 2018)
Hey Jim: This is a bit of an outlier of a case but still important if GAF scores were involved
in a VA mental disability assessment (typically with PTSD, but can also apply to other disorders).
The Court recognized that a GAF score is a subjective assessment; thus, it should be treated as
such and not be utilized if other rating criteria under the DSM-V are available.
(The DSM-V is the latest version of the standard manual on mental disorders from the American Psychiatric Association and the medical community no longer utilizes GAF scores).
THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased disability rating for service-connected depressive disorder, currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling. 2. Entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) as a result of service-connected disabilities.
This veteran supported Trump. Until Trump deported his wife.
But now, “I am eating my words”
How to Increase an Existing VA Disability Rating
The application process is pretty easy, you can DIY in no time.
We provide the "How To" details here.
Trump's Hotline to Help Veterans Is Bureaucratic Hell
Agents field a wide range of problems, from questions about medical bills and
health issues to psychological trauma and sexual assault. But staffers told the paper
they’re often unable to do much for callers beyond typing out their complaints and
routing them to different departments across the country. Still, perhaps most bizarrely,
some veterans have called the hotline just want to let Trump know he’s doing a great job
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Inspector General
Unwarranted Medical Reexaminations for Disability Benefits
Why the OIG Did This Review The OIG conducted this review to
determine whether Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) employees
required disabled veterans to submit to unwarranted medical reexaminations.
New Jobs Posted August 12 2018
How about becoming a Veterans Service Officer?
Starting this month we'll be posting some interesting job openings
that may be a perfect fit for you. Check it out.
Report about VA's shadow rulers 'should shock all Americans'
None of the three men has served in the U.S. military. None of them has held a government post. None of them has had potential conflicts vetted. Nor is the reason for their interest in the VA clear. In all likelihood, few people outside White House and VA inner circles, much less the 9 million veterans served by VA medical facilities, even knew their names: Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, lawyer Mark Sherman and Bruce Moskowitz, a Palm Beach, Fla., doctor whose “medical concierge” business connects people with medical clinics catering to wealthy patients.
per·ma·nence
The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.
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Dr. Bash Opines On:
Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Dr. Bash also has some words of wisdom to share about how
to prepare for when this goes into effect in 2019.
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If there's one thing military members know, it's that when the Defense Department gives you too much money, it will come back for it eventually.The VA is similar, but the system is worse.
Proactive Pain Management: 10 Ways to Manage Your Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can last over a long period of time, even if it comes and goes. This is something that many adults suffer from, and it is one of the symptoms often reported by Gulf War Veterans. In fact, nearly all Gulf War Veterans referred to the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) report chronic pain as one of their top complaints. These Veterans have struggled with chronic or recurring pain since their return from the Persian Gulf in 1991 with little to no improvement, and without a known cause for their pain.
TDIU??? Unemployability Questions??? IU????
VA shuffles several leadership posts; embattled former
acting secretary retained as senior adviser
ProPublica, a nonprofit news agency, reported last week that a trio of wealthy members
of Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., are effectively running the VA in secret.
According to the report, O’Rourke gained their approval.
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Mix-up leaves former Guardsman stuck with $14,000 VA hospital bill
Robert Steiner says he suffered for days without food when the VA slammed him with bills and the federal government docked his Social Security -- all because of a mix-up on his way to the hospital.
Moulton: Trump Will Try To Micromanage The VA Out Of Existence
Moulton also criticized Trump’s new Space Force defense program, a proposed sixth branch of government that would focus on military matters outside planet Earth. “The commander in chief of our country right now dodged the draft five times to avoid serving in the Vietnam war,” Moulton said, “but maybe if he could have been a space cadet he would have signed up.”
Trump promised to fix veterans’ problems
Now they call his hotline desperate for help.
“I will instruct my staff that if a valid complaint is not addressed, that the issue be brought directly to me,” Trump said in 2016. “I will pick up the phone and fix it myself if I have to.”
The Trump Administration Is Launching Stealth Attacks on Veterans
The Trump administration believes that kneeling during the national anthem is a grievous
insult to the men and women who risked their lives fighting for
America, but using political power to help payday lenders bury service
members beneath unpayable debts — while allowing one’s
billionaire friends to override veterans’ preferences for health-care policy — is not.
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VA researchers question whether traumatic
brain injuries lead to Alzheimer's
How a brain gets hooked on opioids
How one group of doctors drastically
decreased opioid prescriptions
Fibromyalgia: What you need to know
There’s even more evidence that one type of exercise is the closest thing we have to a miracle drug
My HealtheVet: Veteran care made easy
Federal agencies partner for military and
veteran pain management research
MRI twice as likely as biopsy to spot
prostate cancer, research shows
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Legislation will help Pacific veterans
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Department of Defense Extends
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There are 3 Great Lies, it's been said...
1) Of course I'll respect you in the morning, darling.
2) The check is in the mail.
3) Hello, we're from the and we're here to help you.
Tips for the 130,000+ Combat-Injured Veterans Seeking
Refunds for Wrongly Taxed Severance Pay
Tips for the 130,000+ Combat-Injured Veterans Seeking Refunds of Millions of Dollars
Improperly Withheld From Their Severance Pay by the Government...Expert
Attorneys are Actively Preparing Additional Advice to Help Veterans Claim Their Refunds
Just when you thought it couldn't *possibly* get worse
White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military
The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect
military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices.
"If the White House does this, it will be manipulating the Military
Lending Act regulations at the behest of auto dealers and banks to try
and make it easier to sell overpriced rip-off products to military service members"
Jim Strickland is a nationally known advocate for veterans
and a member of the Stateside Legal Advisory Board.